Date(s): Saturday - Oct 24, 2020
Location
Online At ChessKid.com
OPEN TO CPS STUDENTS IN GRADES K-12 GRADE
THIS TOURNAMENT WILL BE conducted ONLINE THROUGH CHESSKID.COM. video on How Kids Join a Chess Tournament
You MUST ACCESS the tournament THROUGH A BROWSER and not a mobile device of any kind (phone, tablet, etc.) Visit, https://www.chesskid.com/tournaments/how-to-join-live-tournaments for technical recommendations.
To participate in the tournament students must have their ChessKid account associated with the CPS Enterprise Account 3 days prior to the tournament. Click here for more info.
FLYER
JOIN TOURNAMENT OPENS AT 9:45 AM ON THE DAY OF THE TOURNAMENT
FORMAT
- K-8 SECTIONS – 5-ROUND INDIVIDUAL SWISS, G/15,+5
- HIGH SCHOOL – 4-ROUND INDIVIDUAL SWISS, G/45,+2
SECTIONS
- PRIMARY [GRADES K-4]
- INTERMEDIATE [GRADES K-6]
- JUNIOR HIGH [GRADES K-8]
- HIGH SCHOOL [GRADES 9-12]
TIMES
- JOIN TOURNAMENT OPENS AT 9:45 AM
- ROUND 1 – 10:00 AM, REST ASAP
- ** STUDENTS JOINING THE TOURNAMENT AFTER ROUND 1 IS PAIRED WILL START IN ROUND 2
AWARDS
- INDIVIDUALS: TROPHIES 1ST – 5TH PLACE IN EACH SECTION
- TEAMS: TROPHIES 1ST – 3RD PLACE IN EACH SECTION, TOP 4 SCORES USED
- PICK-UP TOURNAMENT AWARDS WILL BE DELIVERED TO THE INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS ONCE A MONTH SO THAT STUDENTS/PARENTS CAN PICK THEM UP FROM THE SCHOOL’S OFFICE. AN EMAIL WILL BE SENT TO COACHES AFTER THE AWARDS ARE DELIVERED AND NOTICE WILL BE POSTED AT WWW.CPSCHESS.COM.
MORE INFO
- STUDENTS MUST BE HAVE JOINED THE TOURNAMENT BEFORE THE ROUND IS PAIRED AND KEEP THE TOURNAMENT WEBPAGE ACTIVE TO RECEIVE A PAIRING
LIMITATIONS
CPS & RENAISSANCE KNIGHTS STAFF CANNOT
- TROUBLESHOOT ISSUES WITH COMPUTER, INTERNET, OR CHESSKID.COM WEBSITE
- MANUALLY PAIR PLAYERS
- ADJUST A GAME RESULT
- ASSIST WITH CHESSKID.COM LOGIN ISSUES, TROUBLE WITH JOINING THE TOURNAMENT, CREATING OR MOVING A CHESSKID.COM ACCOUNT ON THE DAY OF THE TOURNAMENT
